Primary and Stem Cells: Gene Transfer Technologies and Applications [Hardcover]

This book describes basic cell engineering methods, emphasizing stem cell applications, and use of the genetically modified stem cells in cell therapy and drug discovery. Together, the chapters introduce and offer insights on new techniques for engineering of stem cells and the delivery of transgenes into stem cells via various viral and non-viral systems. The book offers a guide to the types of manipulations currently available to create genetically engineered stem cells that suit any investigator's purpose, whether it's basic science investigation, creation of disease models and screens, or cells for therapeutic applications.

Foreword Michele Calos vii

Preface ix

Contributors xi

Part I: Cloning and Gene Delivery 1

1. DNA Assembly Technologies Based on Homologous Recombination 3
Billyana Tsvetanova, Lansha Peng, Xiquan Liang, Ke Li, Jian-Ping Yang, Tony Ho, Josh Shirley, Liewei Xu, Jason Potter, Wieslaw Kudlicki, Todd Peterson, and Federico Katzen

2. Multigene Assembly for Construction of Synthetic Operons: Creation and Delivery of an Optimized All-IN-One Expression Construct for Generating Mouse iPS Cells 19
Takefumi Sone, Yoko Takata, Hiroe Kishine, Taichi Andoh, Fumio Imamoto, and Jonathan D. Chesnut

3. Strategies for the Delivery of Naked DNA 37
Jennifer C. Moore and Ronald P. Hart

Part II: Nonintegrating Technologies 49

4. Episomal Vectors 51
Junying Yu

5. Nonintegrating DNA Virus 85
Chris Kemp and David Kuninger

6. Nonintegrating RNA Viruses 103
Noemi Fusaki

7. Protein Delivery 119
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